Apr 12, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Ever since Easter Monday 1878, when Rutherford B. Hayes opened the White House grounds to children for an egg roll, the White House has observed this springtime tradition. The Washington Times’ Mark Silva reported on plans for this year’s event: Now...
Apr 12, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
The President and First Lady leave St. John’s Church after Easter Sunday services this morning. The First Family attended Easter Sunday services at St. John’s Episcopal Church —“the President’s —and Presidents’—...
Apr 12, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Bo, the FPOTUS (First Pooch Of The United States), is clearly going to thrive in Washington — he already has his own White House website. The hypoallergenic puppy is already a savvy pol — having covered bases from the Kennedys to the animal shelter...
Apr 10, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Last month I wrote about a recent appearance that Ed Nixon, the younger brother of the 37th President, made to promote his new book The Nixons: A Family Portrait, during which he described how the sight of Meteor Crater in Arizona, in the course of a trip he made with...
Apr 10, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
At the website of the magazine Foreign Policy, David J. Rothkopf, a Washington-based consultant and visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, has written about “Five Books That Haven’t Been Written Yet” (but, he continues,...
Apr 9, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
My wife and I have five wonderful grandchildren – four boys and a girl. We await the arrival of another grandson in a few weeks. Dealing with our children’s children is vastly different than what it was like raising our own – especially in the area of discipline. As...
